Cantonese Dictionary

金價

gam1 gaa3

Mandarin: jin1 jia4

Simplified: 金价

price of gold

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金光

gam1 gwong1

Mandarin: jin1 guang1

golden light | ray

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金光閃爍

gam1 gwong1 sim2 soek3

Mandarin: jin1 guang1 shan3 shuo4

spangle

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金光閃閃

gam1 gwong1 sim2 sim2

Mandarin: jin1 guang1 shan3 shan3

Simplified: 金光闪闪

glittering; shining

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金六

gam1 luk6

a roasted goose (lit., "golden six")

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金冠大廈

gam1 gun1 daai6 haa6

Golden Crown Court

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金剛砂

gam1 gong1 saa1

Mandarin: jin1 gang1 sha1

[mech.] emery; corundum; carborundum

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金剛經

gam1 gong1 ging1

Mandarin: Jin1 gang1 jing1

Simplified: 金刚经

Vajracchedika-sutra; the Diamond Sutra

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金創藥

gam1 cong1 joek6

[TCM] Jinchuang yao, for wounds

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金口河

gam1 hau2 ho4

Mandarin: jin1 kou3 he2

Jinkouhe (in Sichuan province)

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金口河區

gam1 hau2 ho4 keoi1

Mandarin: jin1 kou3 he2 qu1

Jinkouhe (area in Sichuan)

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金句

gam1 geoi3

Mandarin: jin1 ju4

favourite quote

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金合歡

gam1 hap6 fun1

Mandarin: jin1 he2 huan1

[botany] sponge tree

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金吾

gam1 ng4

Mandarin: jin1 wu2

the dragon in ancient legends that represents treasure; Imperial Guards

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金咭

gam1 kaat1

Mandarin: jin1 ji1

gold card (credit card)

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金唱片

gam1 coeng3 pin3*2

Mandarin: jin1 chang4 pian4

gold disc, gold record (music recording sales certification)

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金唱片

gam1 coeng3 pin3

Mandarin: jin1 chang4 pian1

golden disk | record, music recording sales certification

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金喇叭

gam1 laa3 baa1

Solandra guttata (chalice-vine)

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金器

gam1 hei3

Mandarin: jin1 qi4

gold object; goldware

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金城武

gam1 sing4 mou5

Mandarin: jin1 cheng2 wu3

Takeshi Kaneshiro, a Taiwanese | Japanese actor and singer

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金城鎮

gam1 sing4 zan3

Mandarin: jin1 cheng2 zhen4

Chincheng (town in Taiwan)

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金埕

gam1 cing4

Mandarin: jin1 cheng2

a (cinerary) jar

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金堂

gam1 tong4

Mandarin: jin1 tang2

Jintang (place in Sichuan)

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金塊

gam1 faai3

Mandarin: jin1 kuai4

gold bullion

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金塔

gam1 taap3

Mandarin: jin1 ta3

[1] a container for the ashes of the deceased (lit., "golden tower") [2] Phnom Penh (金邊), capital and largest city in Cambodia [3] Jinta in Gansu province

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金壇

gam1 taan4

Mandarin: jin1 tan2

Jintan (city in Jiangsu)

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金大中

gam1 daai6 zung1

Mandarin: jin1 da4 zhong1

Kim Dae Jung (former president of South Korea 1998-2003, won Nobel Peace Prize in 2000)

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金婚

gam1 fan1

Mandarin: jin1 hun1

golden wedding (50th anniversary)

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金子

gam1 zi2

Mandarin: jin1 zi5

gold; (placename) Kam Tze

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金字塔

gam1 zi6 taap3

Mandarin: jin1 zi4 ta3

[1] a pyramid [2] AIDS, so called because of the 1987 "AIDS is a Pyramid of Death" Announcement of Public Interest on television (TV API) with a pyramid shaped AIDS logo (viewable here [www.info.gov.hk])

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